diff --git a/[refs] b/[refs]
index 15ffd37acf1e..9f46b7927e57 100644
--- a/[refs]
+++ b/[refs]
@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: 5cf1c4b19db99d21d44c2ab457cfd44eb86b4439
+refs/heads/master: bc1cc6c4e476b60df48227165990c87a22db6bb7
diff --git a/trunk/fs/lockd/mon.c b/trunk/fs/lockd/mon.c
index 38255455563d..0a066a13478e 100644
--- a/trunk/fs/lockd/mon.c
+++ b/trunk/fs/lockd/mon.c
@@ -224,9 +224,6 @@ struct nsm_handle *nsm_find(const struct sockaddr *sap, const size_t salen,
 	struct nsm_handle *nsm = NULL;
 	struct nsm_handle *pos;
 
-	if (!sap)
-		return NULL;
-
 	if (hostname && memchr(hostname, '/', hostname_len) != NULL) {
 		if (printk_ratelimit()) {
 			printk(KERN_WARNING "Invalid hostname \"%.*s\" "